On the genericity of spacetime singularities

Pramana - Journal of Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-135

  Joshi, Pankaj S ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Gravitational collapse; Spacetime singularities

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SPACE RESEARCH; STATE SPACE METHODS;

GENERICITY ASPECTS; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; SPACETIME SINGULARITIES;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 34547346857     PISSN: 03044289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12043-007-0114-5     Document Type: Article

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